Shipping and display box



Sept. 30, 1930. NEMOEDE 1,776,923

SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX Filed May 9. 1928 Patented Sept. 30, 1930UNITED .STATES I PATENT OFFlCE PAUL A. NEMOEDE, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOIR,

CONTAINER CORPORATION OF AMERICA,

DELAWARE SHIPPING AND DISPLAY BOX Application filed May 9, 1928. SerialNo. 276,362-

My invention relates to packing, shipping and display boxes and has todo particularly with cardboard, or similar, boxes of this character.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel means forsecurely fastening the box walls in their box-closing position and whichis of such character that the walls may be easily and quickly unfastenedand'movecl to an open position without injuring the walls or other partsof the box.

Another object is to effect the detachable fastening of one wall toanother wall by ap plying at intervals to either of the surfaces to be.attached a substance which will repel glue, or other adhesive substance,leavlng raw adhesive spaces between the repelling spaces whereby whenthe glue, or other adhesive substance, is applied to either or both ofthe surfaces to be attached such surfaces will be fastened together onlyat spaced intervals. ThlS -arrangement, while securely fastening thewalls in closed position, permits them to be readily unfastened bypassing an ob ect between the attached'wall surfaces successivelybreaking the connected spots apart. In carrying out the foregoingobject, any composition having an oil base and which may be aplied tothe box surface,.such as printers ink, parafiin, etc., may well serve asthe repelling substance. Consequently, my invention may be well ada tedto parafiin-treated boxes boxes having a vertising matter printed uponits outer-surface;- and where a colbox.

ored background surface is applied to the A further object is toprovide'a simple and inexpensive manner of spot-fastening a box wall inits closing position upon the box.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this descriptionprogresses and by reference to the drawings wherein,- V Figure 1 is asection, of a box embodyingmy lnvention, the top wall being shown in itsbox-closed position Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of a blank from whichthe box of Fig.1 may beformed.

With particular reference to the form of box shown inthe drawing, it maybe formed perspective view, partially in I of cardboard, or othersimilar material, from a single blank cut and creased alon fold lines asshown in Fig. 2. More speci cally, this particular box blank comprises abox bottom portion 10 having end Walls 11, rear wall 12 and front wall13 connected thereto along the respective fold lines 11', '12, and 13.The front and rear walls are each provided at their opposite ends withflaps 14 and 15, respectively. All of these walls and flaps are adaptedto be folded to the positions clearly indicated in Fig. 1 to receive andconfine the articles to be shipped and/or displayed. It

will be noted that in this particular form of in Fig. 1. It will benoted that the top portion 16 and the end flaps 17 and 18 are providedwith fold lines 20 and 21 joined by a central out line 22 which providesan arrangement' for folding that portion and its end flaps togetherabout the fold lines 20 and 21 with the central cut portion 16" thereofprojecting vertically above. the box. This is such a position as the topcovering wall 16 may assume when the box is used for display purposes;and, in that event, the detached front cover flap 19 may be disposed atthe rear of the box between the inner surface of the rear wall and thearticles in the box for holding the cover in that position, as will bewell understood.

In boxes of this character which are used for both shipping and displaypurposes, it is very important in some instances that the top wall betightly fastened upon the box during shipment and that the form of.connection be such that it may be readily and quickly broken withoutinjuring the box and destroying its usefulness for display purposes. Theimportant feature of my invention is the provision for the foregoingdesirable arrangement. More specifically, an adhesive-repellingsubstance is applied at intervals to the surface of the top wall flap 19alon its outer edge, this surface'being that whic is adapted to lie nextto the inner surface of the box front wall 13 when this wall flap isattached thereto. Such repelling substance is indicated at 23 in thedrawing. Raw, untreated and adhesive spaces 24 are thus provided atintervals to provide a spotfastening means. The repelling substance maytake various forms. I have found that rinters ink, paraffin, or othersubstances aving an oil base, serve this purpose exceedingly well. Insome instances spirit varnish may be used. It is well known that variousforms of boxes used for shipping and packing purposes are subjected toparaflin treatment and in boxes of that kind, the paraffin treatment maybe readily emitted at intervals along the surface of the cover which isto be attached. For example, in the form of box shown in the drawing,the parafiin may be omitted at the points indicated by the numeral 24,namely, at the spots between repelling surfaces 23. Also, there are manyforms of boxes having advertising matter printed on the outer surfacethereof in which cases the printing ink may serve as the repellingsubstance, it being applied at the places indicated at 23 in thedrawing. In some cases the entire box surface is colored by applying inkthereto, and in such cases, the ink may be omitted at intervals alongthe surface of the wall to be attached, as in the case of the paraflin,so that blank, raw, untreated surfaces, such as indicated at 24 in thedrawing, are provided. Although I have shown and described theadhesive-repelling substance as applied to the top wall flap, it is tobe understood that it may also be applied to the surface of the otherbox wall to which the flap, or other part, is to be fastened withoutdeparting from my invention.

In further carrying out my invention, the glue or other suitableadhesive material, is preferably applied continuously along the surfacewhich has been treated with the adhesive-repelling substance and in theform shown this adhesive material is applied to the portion of the topwall flap indicated generally at 19 (Fig. 2). In view of the fact thatthe treated spaces 23 on the cover flap repel the glue substance, noadherence will take place at those points, the adherence being only atthe raw, untreated spots or spaces 24 between the spaces 23. Thus, whenthe box blank isset up or partially set up and the top wall to beattached is moved to its attachment position against the other wallsurface, with the glue, or other similar substance, applied as abovedescribed, the top wall flap 19 will be secured to the inner surface ofthe front wall 13 only at the intervals indicated by the raw, untreatedspaces 24 thereby providing a spot-glue fastening arrangement. Whilethis arrangement is such as to securely fasten these parts togetheragainst separation under normal conditions, it will be appreciated thatthey ma be readily separated by passing an object a ong the gluedsurfaces between the front wall 13 and the flap 19 so as to successivelybreak the fastened spots loose. It is to be understood that While Ipreferably apply the glue, or other adhesive substance to the treatedsurfaceof the flap, it may be applied instead to the inner surface ofthe box wall engaged by To readily permit of the insertion of onesfinger or other object between the box front Wall and the cover frontflap as above stated, the central portion of the flap 19 is cut awav' asat 25 in Fig. 2. The adjacent portion of to conceal the opening 25 inthe flap without interfering with the insertion of-lan object throughsaid opening. To break the fastened surfaces apart, an object may byinserted between the box front wall lip 26 and the flap 19 and into theflap opening 25 and it may be then moved laterally along the spot-gluedsurface to free the top wall as above mentioned. This not only permitsthis wall to be loosened very readily and quickly, but it'also avoidsinjuring of any of the exposed surfaces of. the box whereby, when thebox is opened, it may then be used for display purposes as above setforth.

It will be appreciated-that while I have chosen one particular form ofbox for illustrating my invention, it maywell be adapted to many otherforms of boxes where similar results are desired. My invention may beemployed for joining any two of the walls toget er regardless whethersuch walls' have fastening flaps. The Walls may be joined togetherbefore the blank is entirely set up in which case the box may be filledby inserting the articles therein through one of the ends as is done attimes in the use of a box such as that shown. My invention is equallywell adapted for closing a box of any form having a cover or other wallwhich is to be fastened in its closed position after the articles havebeen packed therein. .Furthermore, while I have shown a certainrelationship between the adhesive and non-adhesive surfaces, yet suchrelation and the arrangement of such surfaces may be varied withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined by theclaims which follow.

I claim:

1. In a paper box, a covering 'part supported by one wall surface, anextension carried by said part adapted to be attached to another wallsurface, said extension having a portion intermediate its ends cut away,a

p .85 a the front wall is extended upwardly as at 26 preventingadherence of the extension with the adjacent wall surface and providingfor insertion of an object between said extension and wall surface forbreaking the adhering surfaces apart, said attachment wall having anextended part concealing said cut-away portion in said extension. 7

2. In a paper carton, a plurality {of side walls, a cover supported bythe upper edge of one of said side walls, a flap on the edge of saidcover opposite its supported edge, said flap having a central cut-out,spot-adhesivefastening means on said flap on the opposite sides of saidcut-out for fastening the cover to another of said sidewalls, saidlatter side wall having an edge extension opposite said cut-out forconcealing the latter and for leaving a slit between the flap and latterside wall for the insertion and lateral movement of an object along thespot-adhesive-fastening means to open the cover.

3. In a paper carton, a plurality of side walls, a cover supported bythe upper edge of one of said side walls, a flap on the edge of saidcover opposite its supported edge,

said flap having a central cut-out, an adhesive-repelling substanceapplied at intervals along the free edge of said fiap'on the oppositesides only of said cut-out and an adhesive substance applied along saidflap over said adhesive-repelling substance for fastening thecover toanother of said side walls, said latter side wall having an edgeextension opposite said cut-out for concealing the latter in the closedposition of the cover and for v leaving a slit between the flap andlatter side wall for the insertion and lateral movementof an objectalong the flap-fastened surface to open the cover. 4. In a blank for apaper carton, a single piece of materialcreased' to provide sectionswhich when folded constitute aplurality of walls and flaps, the outerofwhich are a fastening flap anda side wall, said flap section having acentral cut-out, adhesive-repelling means disposed at intervals alongthe free edge surface of said flap on the opposite sides of saidcut-out, anadhesive substance applied along and over said last-mentionedflap 05 5. In a paper box, a wall swingably supsurface, and an extensionon said side wall which in thefolded and closed position of said b'oxoverlies said cut-out to conceal the same and to leave a free spacebetween said face of one of said walls, and an adhesive substanceapplied along said same surface and rendered non-adhesive at intervalsby said agent, the exposed edge portion of the outer overlapping wallsection being thus wholly unsecured to the adjacent wall section betweenat least certain of the portions of the wall sections on which theadhesive is effective whereby the insertion of an object to detach thewall sections from each other is facili tated.

6. In a paper box, a cover wall-having a free edge surface when saidcover is unattached, another wall surface to which said edge surface onsaid cover wall is glued to hold the cover wall in its closed position,the portion of said cover wall edge surface to be attached to saidlatter wall surface having an adhesive resisting substance appliedthereto along spaced areas and also having adhesive applied thereto overan area overlapping and intermediate said glue resisting areas wherebysaid adhesive causes adherence only over spaced areas between theadhesive resisting areas,the free edge of said latter wall surface beingentirely unsecured to said cover wall edge surface at least alongportions thereof adjacent said adhesive resisting areas wherebyseparation of said wall surfaces is facilitated.

7. In a paper box, wall sections providing overlapping edge portionsadapted to be glued together,'the edge portion on one of said wallsections having-an adhesive resisting substance applied thereto alongspaced areas and also having. adhesive applied theremy name.

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flap and side wall for the unobstructed inw sertion of an object todetach said flap from said side wall when it is desired, to open thecarton.

